MetaFilter posts tagged with alligator

People kissing alligators

twoleftfeet — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:35:11 -0800

People want to kiss alligators and crocodiles. They do it in Costa Rica and Lousiana and Mississippi. Why do many otherwise normal people want to kiss alligators?

Alligator takes boys arm, boy takes alligator's head

ColdChef — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:35:23 -0800

"Get me a robot arm that looks like the Terminator." Slidell, LA boy recounts fight with 'Godzilla' gator While playing on the banks of the former gravel pit where neighborhood kids often swim, the kids spotted the 10-foot, 8-inch reptile known as Big Joe on the other side of the lake. Devin said one of his friends began throwing sticks in its direction. Bad idea.

It's what's for dinner

Stynxno — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:10:50 -0800

Croc Bites Off Hand

Snake Vs. Alligator

philcliff — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:01:39 -0800

Snake eats alligator, then explodes

Ken Perlin

GriffX — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:48:37 -0800

How To Catch An Alligator is Ken Perlin's essay on his trip to the Amazon. The rest of his site is pretty amazing too. I suppose I'll have to put going to Brazil on my list of things that he's done that I envy him for.

exotic pet tiger

stbalbach — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 07:10:53 -0800

There has been a sharp rise in interest in exotic pets nationwide. Some people get exotic animals because they think it will be cool or because they saw one on Animal Planet. "I think there's more tigers in the U.S than there are in India or Russia."

zerotype — Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:07:09 -0800

can standing up for your 1st amendment rights go too far? the independent florida alligator, the independently owned and run student newspaper of the university of florida, where i go to school, has entered into a lawsuit with the orlando sentinel trying to gain access to and copy the autopsy photos of dale earnhardt... saying that the injunction issued at widow teresa earnhardt's request by the state to block the public from access to these photos is a violation of the sunshine laws and their first amendment rights, they have thrown compassion to the wind in a self-righteous publicity stunt, and it's funny that their only supporters are other editors, writers, etc. is this going too far? i know writers live by their reputations, and this will certainly make them known, but how low is low? what do you guys think?